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CALL MISS-DIG. Under the legislation passed unanimously yesterday by the House, a local unit of government faces penalties if they do not call the MISS-DIG system when beginning a project that involves digging. If a local unit does call MISS-DIG there is no liability.<\/p>\n

This morning the House Energy and Technology Committee unanimously reported on Senate Bills 539<\/a> and 540<\/a>.\u00a0 Originally the legislation last session would have entirely exempted any action under the MISS-DIG Act from government immunity. That was problematic for us, so the fee structure arose as a result of many discussions with the Senate and the Governor\u2019s office, as well as utility stakeholders. The League always has concerns with expanding government immunity.\u00a0 Given, however, the inclination of the legislation to create an exception to governmental immunity, this is an extremely narrow exception.<\/p>\n

The legislation will now head to the Governor for his signature.<\/p>\n

Samantha Harkins is the Director of State Affairs for the Michigan Municipal League.\u00a0 She can be reached at <\/em>517-908-0306<\/em> or email at sharkins@mml.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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